The Impact of Positive Character Building Ability in Balinese Songs and Teachers' Ability and Character on the Moral Education in Indonesia: Moderating Role of Institutional Support

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of the current is to examine the influence of Balinese music's and teachers' competence and character in moral teaching in Indonesian educational institutions. The article also discusses the moderating effect of institutional support on the relationship between positive character-building capacity in Balinese songs and moral education along with the moderating effect between teachers' skills and moral education in Indonesian educational institutions. Design / methodology / approach The current study used quantitative method and questionnaire survey was carried out for data collection. The top fifty educational institutions were selected using purposive sampling, while the questionnaires were distributed by using simple random sample. The questionnaires were distributed via mail and in-person visits by the researchers. 289 valid responses were used in data analysis by using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).

Findings The results demonstrated a significant relationship between moral education, the character-building capacity of Balinese music, as well as the character and competence of teachers. The data also indicated that institutional support moderates the relationship between positive character-building capacity in Balinese songs and moral education along with the moderating effect between teachers' skills and moral education in Indonesian educational institutions. Practical implications Moral education has central importance for the students which can be promoted with the help of positive character-building ability in Balinese songs and teachers’ ability as well as character. The current study suggested that institutions that assist teachers and students could benefit from the character-building capacity of Balinese songs, enhancing teacher competence and character along with the focus on moral education. Originality/value Moral education is addressed by several previous studies; however, this study addressed the moral education in perspective of Balinese songs which is very rare in the literature. Furthermore, the moderating role of institutional support is not addressed which is one of the valuable contributions of this study. In addition, this study addressed the novel role of positive character-building capacity and teachers’ character which was ignored by the literature.